Dlink DNS-323-500GB Owner's manual

2D-Link DNS-323 User Manual

Table of Contents

Product Overview ........................................................3

Package Contents....................................................3

System Requirements ............................................. 3

Introduction ..............................................................4

Features ...................................................................5

Hardware Overview .................................................6

Front View .......................................................... 6

Rear Panel (Connections) ..................................7

Installation ....................................................................8

Hardware Setup ....................................................... 8

Conﬁguration ............................................................. 11

Easy Search Utility.................................................11

Getting Started ......................................................12

Web UI ...................................................................17

Setup .....................................................................18

Wizard .............................................................. 18

LAN ..................................................................22

Device Settings ................................................23

Advanced ...............................................................24

Users ...............................................................24

Groups .............................................................25

Quotas ............................................................. 26

Network Access ...............................................29

FTP Server ......................................................30

UPnP AV Server .............................................. 33

iTunes Server ...................................................34

DHCP Server ................................................... 36

Tools ...................................................................... 37

Admin ............................................................... 37

Time .................................................................38

System .............................................................39

Firmware ..........................................................40

E-Mail Alerts ....................................................41

Disk Utilities .....................................................44

Power Management .........................................45

RAID ................................................................ 46

Status.....................................................................48

Device Info ....................................................... 48

Support ..................................................................49

Mapping a Drive .....................................................50

Download Scheduling ............................................53

Scheduling .......................................................55

Scheduling Settings .........................................56

USB Print Server ...................................................57

Contacting Technical Support .................................. 65

Warranty .....................................................................66

Registration ................................................................70

Table of Contents

3D-Link DNS-323 User Manual

Section 1 - Product Overview

Product Overview

 D-Link DNS-323 Network Enclosure

 CD-ROM with Manual and Software

 Quick Installation Guide

 Power Adapter (12V; 3A , 5V; 3A)

 Power Cable Clip

 Cat 5 Ethernet Cable

Package Contents

Note: Using a power supply with a different voltage than the one included with the DNS-323 will cause damage and void

the warranty for this product.

If any of the above items are missing, please contact your reseller.

For best results, the following System Requirements are recommended:

    Computer with: 1Ghz processor / 512 MB RAM / 200 MB available space / CD-ROM drive

  

    Internet Explorer version 6.0 or Mozilla Firefox 1.0 and above

    3.5” SATA Hard Drive

 Windows XP SP2 or Windows 2000 SP6

System Requirements

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Section 1 - Product Overview

The D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure shares your documents, photos, music, and videos across

the network and on the Internet (via FTP server) so family members, friends, or employees can access them. This

enclosure, which can hold two 3.5” SATA hard drives of any capacity

1

, creates a central network point for backing up

valuable ﬁles. The built-in RAID 1

2

mirroring technology protects these ﬁles from drive failure. Other options such as

Standard, JBOD, and RAID 0 are also available.

The DNS-323 shares ﬁles over the Internet via the built-in FTP server

3

. Users and groups can be created and assigned

to folders with either read or read/write permissions. Quotas can be set per user or group to restrict space usage.

In addition, the DNS-323 can be used to stream photos, music, and videos to UPnP AV compatible network media

players

4

.

The included CD contains D-Link’s Easy Search Utility. This utility allows you to locate the DNS-323 on the network

and map drives to your computer. Backup software is also included on the CD. This software allows you to backup

your ﬁles from a computer to the DNS-323 manually, by a schedule, or in real-time. Real-time backups are a great way

to safeguard against unfortunate accidents that may result in the loss of important ﬁles.

Combining ease of use with practical, high performance features, the DNS-323 is an organized solution for any network.

Free up disk space on computers and centralize data on your network with the DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage

Enclosure!

Introduction

4 D-Link cannot guarantee full compatibility or proper playback with all codecs. Playback capability depends on the codec support of the UPnP™ AV media player.

3 Note that use of an FTP Server to access ﬁles over the Internet does not provide for secure or encrypted transmissions.

2 RAID 1 mirroring requires the use of 2 internal SATA drives.

1 Hard Drive(s) not included.

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Features

The DNS-323 is designed for easy installation and allows remote access to important data via the LAN or WAN:

 Two Hard Drive Bays for 3.5” SATA Hard Drives of Any Capacity

1

 Simpliﬁed Hard Drive Installation Process – No Tools Required

 Four Hard Drive Conﬁgurations: Standard, JBOD (Linear), RAID 0, and RAID 1

2

 High Performance Gigabit Ethernet Connectivity (Up to 23/15MBps or 184/120Mbps Read/Write)

3

 Built-in FTP Server for File Access from Over the Internet

4

 Scheduled Downloads from Web or FTP Sites

 Full or Incremental Backups

 Real Time Backups With the Included Backup Software

 Users and Groups Can Be Assigned to Folders with Read or Read/Write Permissions

 Quotas For Users and Groups

 Automatic E-Mail Notiﬁcations

 Scandisk and Defragment Utilities

 Power Management for Conserving Energy and Extending Hard Drive Life

 UPnP AV Server for Streaming Music, Photos, and Video to Compatible Media Players

5

 iTunes

®

Software will be able to automatically ﬁnd and play music directly from the DNS-323

 Built-in USB Print Server for printing from any PC on the Network

 D-Link Easy Search Utility

 Conﬁgurable by Web Browser

1 Hard Drive(s) not included.

2 RAID 1 mirroring requires the use of 2 internal SATA drives.

3 Speed results will vary depending on the benchmark utility, hard drive conﬁguration, and the network environment used for testing.

4 Note that use of an FTP Server to access ﬁles over the Internet does not provide for secure or encrypted transmissions.

5 D-Link cannot guarantee full compatibility or proper playback with all codecs. Playback capability depends on the codec support of the UPnP™ AV media player.

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Section 1 - Product Overview

Hardware Overview

Front View

Power Button:

Press once to power on the DNS-323. Press and hold the button until it begins to blink to power down the DNS-323.

Drive LEDs:

These LEDs will be solid BLUE when drives are connected but inactive. The LEDs will blink when the drives are being

accessed, formatted or synchronized. They will illuminate AMBER if a drive has failed.

Activity LED:

The Activity LED will be solid BLUE when there is an Ethernet connection. It will blink to indicate LAN trafﬁc.

Power Button

Drive LED Drive LED

Activity LED

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Section 1 - Product Overview

Power Receptacle:

The 12V 3A / 5V 3A power supply connects here.

Ethernet Port:

A Gigabit Ethernet port that connects the DNS-323 to the local network.

USB Port:

USB Print Server port for connecting a USB printer.

Drive Eject Lever:

Use the provided levers to eject the hard drives. The front panel must be removed before ejecting the drives.

Rear Panel (Connections)

Ethernet Port

Power Recpetacle

USB Port

Drive Eject Lever

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Section 2 - Installation

Installation

1. Access the drive bays by sliding the faceplate

up until it unlatches from the device.

2. Once the faceplate is unlatched, pull it off the

device, exposing the drive bays.

This section provides unpacking and installation information for the DNS-323. Open the shipping carton for the

DNS-323 and carefully unpack its contents. To install the DNS-323 on your local network, refer to the steps below:

Hardware Setup

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Section 2 - Installation

3. Insert a 3.5” SATA hard drive into each

available drive bay. Make sure to align the drive

connectors to the endpoints in the DNS-323.

Gently push the drive in until it connects.

4. Attach the faceplate to the front of the device.

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5. Connect an Ethernet cable into the available

Ethernet port. This cable should connect the

DNS-323 to your local network or directly to a

computer for conﬁguration.

6. Finally, connect the power adapter to the power

receptacle.

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Section 3 - Conﬁguration

Conﬁguration

When ﬁrst powered on, during the initial boot sequence, the DNS-323 will wait to be assigned an IP address via DHCP.

If it does not receive a DHCP assigned IP address, by default it will have a self-assigned IP address of 192.168.0.32.

It is recommended to use the included D-Link Easy Search Utility when accessing and conﬁguring the DNS-323 for the

ﬁrst time. If you want to change this IP address before logging in or are unable to connect to the DNS-323 IP address,

you can use the Easy Search Utility provided on the product CD to locate the device on your network and make any

needed changes.

The Easy Search Utility displays

any DNS-323 devices it detects on

the network here.

Refresh

Volumes available for mapping are

displayed here.

Click Conﬁguration to access the

Web UI of the DNS-323.

Click Apply to save changes to the

LAN Settings.

Conﬁgure the LAN Settings for the

DNS-323 here.

Network

Storage Device

Refreshes the device list.

Conﬁguration

LAN

Apply

Drive Mapping

Available

Drive Letters

Choose an available drive letter.

Click Connect to map the selected

volume. Click Disconnect to

disconnect the selected mapped

volume.

Exit

Click Exit to close the utility.

Easy Search Utility

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Section 3 - Conﬁguration

To run the Easy Search Utility, insert the DNS-323 CD into your CD-ROM drive:

Click Easy Search

Utility.

Highlight an available DNS-323

and click Conﬁguration to access

the web-based utility.

Getting Started

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Section 3 - Conﬁguration

The Login screen will appear:

Type admin for the username and

leave the password ﬁeld blank.

Click Conﬁg

When logging into the DNS-323 for the ﬁrst time, you will be asked to choose a drive conﬁguration and format the drives.

There are four options, Standard, JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1. Standard conﬁgures each disk as a separate volume, while

JBOD combines both disks into a single volume. See page 46 for more details on using the RAID conﬁgurations.

You will also need to select the disk format type. Available options are Ext2 and Ext3, with Ext2 providing better

performance and Ext3 providing better support for crash recovery.

Note: All data will be erased during the format process.

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Select the type of hard drive conﬁguration, Standard,

JBOD, RAID 0 or RAID 1.

A warning message appears informing you that your

drives will be formatted and all data erased. Click

OK to continue.

When prompted to conﬁgure the Hard Drive Settings:

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Select the disk format type, EXT2 or EXT3.

When formatting of the drive completes, the DNS-323 will restart. A restart countdown screen will appear, and when

the restart is complete, the login screen will appear:

Type admin for the username and

leave the password ﬁeld blank.

Click Conﬁg

Note: After logging in to the DNS-323 for the first time it is recommended to add a password to the admin account.

(See p. 37 for details.)

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Section 3 - Conﬁguration

After logging in, you will be redirected to the DNS-323 web UI:

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Section 3 - Conﬁguration

The DNS-323 web UI defaults to the Setup page. The main categories for conﬁguration are located in the menu tabs

at the top of the page. These categories include:

 Setup - Contains the DNS-323 setup wizard, as well as the LAN conﬁguration settings and device

settings.

 Advanced - Allows the DNS-323 administrator to conﬁgure users, groups of users and their storage

quotas. The UPnP AV server, iTunes server, FTP server and DHCP server settings are all contained

here as well.

 Tools - Contains conﬁguration options for the Admin account, the time and system settings, and e-mail

alerts. Disk utilities, power management options and RAID conﬁguration options are also available from

the Tools page.

 Status - Contains a summary of DNS-323 information.

 Support - Contains the DNS-323 help ﬁles.

 Logout - Clicking this button will log the admin out and end the DNS-323 conﬁguration session.

These pages and their conﬁguration options will be discussed in detail in the following pages of this manual.

Web UI

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Wizard

The DNS-323 has a setup Wizard that allows you to quickly conﬁgure some of the basic device settings.

When running the DNS-323 setup wizard, the

welcome screen details the ﬁve steps of the wizard.

Click Next to continue.

It is recommended you set an admin password

here. Enter the new password and re-enter it for

conﬁrmation. Click Next to continue.

Setup

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Set the appropriate Time Zone and click Next to

continue.

Edit or change the DNS-323 LAN information, or to

keep the current settings, click Next to continue.

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Enter a workgroup, name, and description for the

DNS-323, or leave the default values and click Next

to continue.

When the wizard completes, click Back to go back and

make changes or click Restart to restart the DNS-323

and save the conﬁguration.

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